Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Oooo what a wet day! So wet, we decided to spend it indoors so we took the subway to Seomyeon Station to check out its underground shopping complex. Seomyeon also has a little district called First Street where all the young people hang out. It's sort of like a typical downtown in Korea with bars, restaurants, karaoke bars, cafes, shops, markets, game rooms, movie theatres, and nightclubs. They also have an eating street. The subway is connected to the underground mall (teeming with people) and Lotte Department store so you didn't really have to walk up and out but we did anyway. Actually, it was a bit confusing for me to get around.

Underground mall - waste no space~The underground shopping mall was quite massive, but not the largest one I've been to. The shops sold mainly clothes, but they also sold typical Korean cosmetics (Tony Moly, The Face Shop, Etude House, Skinfood, Nature Republic) and accessories such as bags, hats, jewelry, and glasses. It would be nice to browse around over the course of a couple days and actually dig through all the random clothes in the smaller shops. We stopped by a cafe as per usual -- want some?It was a neat cafe where each table was enclosed by curtains so you really did have privacy! And if you wanted service, you just had to press that button almost all Korean restaurants have that rings and lets servers know who needs something.Despite my "happiness" in that picture, it was an absolutely miserable day because of the rain, unfortunately.---------------------------------Korean television has a whole channel dedicated to solving math problems........................................................yea ............................................................My Boys Over Flowers poster I got (and couldn't bring home) from buying the F4 Special Edition CD @ Hot Tracks, Kyobo.This was a cute ad on the subway:It says "Mommy, daddy, I love you."